Cassian Andor series casting update

Finally we have some news regarding the upcoming Disney+ series following Rogue One: A Star Wars Story's Cassian Andor.

As we already know, Diego Luna is reprising his role as Cassian Andor with Alan Tudyk joining him as K-2SO, but a new returning cast member has been confirmed in the shape of Genevieve O'Reilly.

O'Reilly previously portrayed Mon Mothma in Rogue One and in a scene that was famously left on the digital cutting room floor of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.

Stellan Skarsgård, Denise Gough, and Kyle Soller are also joining the cast in unspecified co-starring roles.

The co-writer of Rogue One, Tony Gilroy, will be returning to pick up the reigns as showrunner from Stephen Schiff as well as writing and directing. Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler), Beau Willimon (House of Cards), and Stephen Schiff (The Americans) will also write episodes for the series.

This news comes via StarWars.com who have also indicated that as of yet there has been no announcement regarding a release date.

Production on the series has been hit by the outbreak of COVID-19, but visual effects artist Neal Scanlan recently revealed that six weeks worth of pre-production had been completed prior to the lockdown.